Some other covid19 visualizations:

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

# data source https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html and wikipedia
df_population <- data.frame(
  state = c("AK", "AL", "AR", "AS", "AZ", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DC", "DE", "FL", 
            "GA", "GU", "HI", "IA", "ID", "IL", "IN", "KS", "KY", "LA", "MA", 
            "MD", "ME", "MI", "MN", "MO", "MP", "MS", "MT", "NC", "ND", "NE", 
            "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NV", "NY", "OH", "OK", "OR", "PA", "PR", "RI", 
            "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VA", "VI", "VT", "WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"),
  population = c(731545, 4903185, 3017804, 55465 , 7278717, 39512223, 5758736, 3565287, 705749, 973764, 21477737,
                 10617423, 165768, 1415872, 3155070, 1787065, 12671821, 6732219, 2913314, 4467673, 4648794, 6892503, 
                 6045680, 1344212,  9986857, 5639632, 6137428, 56882, 2976149, 1068778, 10488084, 762062, 1934408,
                 1359711, 8882190, 2096829, 3080156, 19453561, 11689100, 3956971, 4217737, 12801989, 3193694, 1059361,
                 5148714, 884659, 6829174, 28995881, 3205958, 8535519, 106977 , 623989, 7614893, 5822434, 1792147, 578759)
)

# The Atlantic Monthly Group (CC BY-NC 4.0)
# source: https://covidtracking.com/api

df_states <- fread("https://covidtracking.com/api/v1/states/daily.csv") %>% 
               replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
               inner_join(df_population, by = "state")%>%
               mutate(date = as.Date(as.character(date), "%Y%m%d"))

tableau10 <- as.list(ggthemes_data[["tableau"]][["color-palettes"]][["regular"]][[1]][,2])$value
first_day <- as.Date("2020-03-15") # to select a date
today <-  as.Date(toString(max(df_states$date)))
  
kable(head(df_states, n = 3))
date state positive negative pending hospitalizedCurrently hospitalizedCumulative inIcuCurrently inIcuCumulative onVentilatorCurrently onVentilatorCumulative recovered dataQualityGrade lastUpdateEt dateModified checkTimeEt death hospitalized dateChecked totalTestsViral positiveTestsViral negativeTestsViral positiveCasesViral deathConfirmed deathProbable fips positiveIncrease negativeIncrease total totalTestResults totalTestResultsIncrease posNeg deathIncrease hospitalizedIncrease hash commercialScore negativeRegularScore negativeScore positiveScore score grade population
2020-08-07 AK 4288 264563 0 37 0 0 0 3 0 1238 A 8/7/2020 00:00 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z 08/06 20:00 25 0 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z 268851 4124 261152 4288 25 0 2 65 7214 268851 268851 7279 268851 0 0 d608cee3e98d23a9e920faab4361b771c779880f 0 0 0 0 0 0 731545
2020-08-07 AL 98301 651115 0 1575 11537 0 1219 0 658 37923 B 8/7/2020 11:00 2020-08-07T11:00:00Z 08/07 07:00 1735 11537 2020-08-07T11:00:00Z 745942 0 0 94827 1674 61 1 1709 7923 749416 749416 9632 749416 21 224 b180d67ecb2784ceaaaf7fef67dcee5833fadd52 0 0 0 0 0 0 4903185
2020-08-07 AR 48039 503484 0 514 3168 0 0 111 429 40360 A 8/7/2020 15:30 2020-08-07T15:30:00Z 08/07 11:30 521 3168 2020-08-07T15:30:00Z 551523 0 0 48039 0 0 5 1011 10676 551523 551523 11687 551523 6 50 1e9a8ed04dc081a895e26f03a10711ce88d78be2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3017804

Rhode Island (as I live in RI now)

df_states %>% filter(state == "RI") %>%
    ggplot() + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 650, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 600, label = positive), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0)+ 
      #geom_label(x = first_day, y = 800, color = "black", label = "death", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 550, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 500, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      # geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), alpha = 0.7, color = "black", size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      # geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = death + 10, label = death), color = "black", size = 1.5) + 
      # geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), color = "black", shape = 10) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 10, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.5) + 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 10, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.5)+ 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) + 
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) + 
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("RI")

US - all states

df_states %>% group_by(date) %>%
    summarise(positiveIncrease = sum(positiveIncrease), hospitalizedCurrently = sum(hospitalizedCurrently), total = sum(positive)) %>% 
    ungroup() %>%
    ggplot() + 
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 68000, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive: ", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 70000, label = total), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 50000, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 55000, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 1000, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.5) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 1000, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.5) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) +
     xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease & hospitalizedCurrently")

US - daily top-3 contributors

If a state has been a top 3 contributor

as_top <- df_states %>%
    filter(date > first_day)%>%
    mutate(str_date = as.character(date))%>%
    group_by(str_date) %>%
    arrange(positiveIncrease, by_group = TRUE)%>%
    slice_tail(n = 3) %>%
    ungroup() %>%
    summarise(unique(state))
as_top <- unlist(as_top)
    
df_states %>%
    filter(state %in% as_top) %>%
    ggplot() +
      stat_steamgraph(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, group = state, fill = state))  +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week"))  +
      scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(-20000, 20000, by = 5000), labels = c("20000", "15000", "10000", "5000", "0", "5000", "10000", "15000", "20000")) +
      scale_fill_tableau(palette = "Tableau 20") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("positiveIncrease") + ggtitle("If a state was a top-3 contributor")

US - positiveIncrease by state

num_lag <- 21

find_coef <- function(x, y){
  m <- lm(y ~ x)
  return(coef(m)[2])
}


df_colors <-  df_states %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, positiveIncrease)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 
 
  
df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    mutate(positiveIncreasePerMillion = positiveIncrease / population * 1000000)%>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 600), breaks = seq(0, 600, by = 150)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncreasePerMillion by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

US - hospitalizedCurrently by state

df_states %>% 
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - hospitalizedCurrently by state")

US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate

df_pr <- df_states %>% 
    mutate(testPositiveRate = positiveIncrease / totalTestResultsIncrease, testedPopulationRate = totalTestResults / population) %>%
    filter(testPositiveRate > 0 & testPositiveRate < 1) # rm buggy data to allow log scales
  
df_pr_colors <-  df_pr %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, testPositiveRate)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 

df_pr %>%
 inner_join(df_pr_colors, by = "state") %>%
 ggplot() +
    geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_line(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_point(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
    scale_x_continuous(limits = c(0, 0.30), breaks = seq(0, 0.5, by = 0.02)) +
    scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0.001, 1), trans = 'log10', breaks = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75, 1)) +
    scale_colour_tableau() +
    facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
    xlab("dailyTestPositiveRate") + ylab("overallTestedPopulationRate") + ggtitle("US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate")

US - death per 10k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(deathPer10K = death / population * 10000) %>%
    ggplot() +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
     scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 20), breaks = seq(0, 20, by = 5)) +
     facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
     xlab("date") + ylab("death per 10k") + ggtitle("US - death per 10k by state")

US - positive per 1k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(positivePerOneK = positive / population * 1000) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[4], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), color = tableau10[4], size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 25), breaks = seq(0, 25, by = 5)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positivePerOneK by state")

US - tested amount by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(testResultsIncrease = positiveIncrease + negativeIncrease) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[7], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = tableau10[7], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("date") + ylab("testResultsIncrease") + ggtitle("US - testResultsIncrease by state")